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Key Vote: See How Your Representative Voted on the Continuing Resolution Here!

Today the House of Representative voted to pass a $1.126 trillion Continuing Resolution (CR) without any extended debate and without allowing any amendments to be offered. This was a tremendous abrogation of regular order in the budget process which has been repeated multiple times over the years, and a sign that the leadership in Congress remains unconcerned about the tremendous deficit spending that has lead to our astonishing $16.6 trillion in debt.

FreedomWorks initially released a Key Vote No on the rule for the Continuing Resolution, demanding that Congress at least allow an "open rule", which would have allowed for Members to offer amendments to reduce the levels of spending in the bill. Instead, the Rules Committee issued a "closed rule", which limited debate and allowed no amendments. The Rule, H.Res. 99, passed, 212-197, with only 16 Republicans voting against it. The 16 champions who voted no were:

Amash

Brooks

Bridenstine

Broun

Fleming

Gingrey

Gohmert

Huelskamp

Jones

Kingston

Massie

McClintock

Pearce

Rohrabacher

Salmon

Yoho

The House then immediately proceeded to a token debate and voted on the actual Continuing Resolution itself, H.R. 933. The CR passed, 267-151, with 53 Democrats in support and only 14 brave Republicans voting against:

Amash

Bridenstine

Broun

DeSantis

DesJarlais

Duncan (TN)

Gingrey

Gohmert

Kingston

Massie

McClintock

Posey

Salmon

Stockman

Be sure to let your Representative know how you feel about his or her vote!

Dear FreedomWorks member,As one of our millions of FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your U.S. Senators and urge them to vote NO on the “American Family Economic Protection Act”, S. 388. This bill would replace much of the decreased spending of sequestration with tax increases on the highest income earners, while also exempting favored programs from any cuts.

Dear FreedomWorks member,As one of our millions of FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your U.S. Senators and urge them to vote YES on the Portman “End Government Shutdowns Act” amendment to H.R. 325.

Dear FreedomWorks member,As one of our millions of FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your U.S. Senators and urge them to vote YES on the Toomey amendment to H.R. 325. This amendment contains Senator Toomey’s “Full Faith and Credit Act”, to require the Treasury to fulfill critical payment obligations in the event that the federal debt limit is exceeded.

Dear FreedomWorks member,As one of our millions of FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your U.S. Senators and urge them to vote NO on H.R. 325, a bill which would lift the U.S. debt limit without a dollar cap for four months (until May 19, 2013) with no accompanying spending reforms or reductions.

Dear FreedomWorks member,As one of our millions of FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your U.S. Senators and urge them to vote YES on the Lee Amendment (S.Amdt. 4) to H.R. 152, which would slightly reduce discretionary spending across the board in order to offset new spending in the bill.

Today the House of Representatives voted to extend the government's borrowing authority until May 19th - essentially granting a "clean" four-month rise in the debt ceiling. The bill, H.R. 325, passed 285-144, with 33 Republicans and 111 Democrats voting against it. See how your representative voted HERE.

Dear FreedomWorks member, As one of our millions of FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your U.S. Senators and urge them to vote NO on H.R. 152, the “Disaster Relief Appropriations Act”. The bill, as it passed the House, has a multitude of problems.First, the bill contains $50 billion in new spending, most of which is not offset and will therefore add to our trillion-dollar annual budget deficit.